In this parallel character version of Beginning Chinese, dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence building exercises, substitution drills and memorization exercises correspond to the same lessons Beginning Chinese offers in English and in pinyin romanization of Mandarin. To suit the need of beginners, characters are represented in large size, and tables show the sequence of strokes used in their formation.

In this parallel character version of Beginning Chinese, dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence building exercises, substitution drills and memorization exercises correspond to the same lessons Beginning Chinese offers in English and in pinyin romanization of Mandarin. To suit the need of beginners, characters are represented in large size, and tables show the sequence of strokes used in their formation.